have letters after (one's) name

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have letters after (one's) name

To have a series of abbreviations listed after one's name indicating one's levels of higher education or military honors, thereby denoting a presumed level of intelligence, wisdom, or respectability. I hate hanging out with your PhD colleagues—it seems like they'll only take you seriously if you have letters after your name.

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